Imbros
island off the northwestern coast of Turkey
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Summary
Imbros is an island[1]. Imbros ranks in the top 4% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,431 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gökçeada district[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Aegean Sea[5], Gulf of Saros[6]
- Instance of: tourist attraction[7], polis[8]
- Location: Aegean Sea[9]
- Postal code: 17760[10]
- Part of: Thracian Sporades[11]
- Commons category: Gökçeada[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[13]
- Official website: http://www.gokceada.gov.tr/[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Imbros[15]
- Commons gallery: Gökçeada[16]
- Population: 8644[17], 9783[18]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Pauly–Wissowa[21], Oxford Classical Dictionary[22]
- Official name: Гёкчеада[23], Gökçeada[24], Ίμβρος[25]
- Category for people born here: Q32392191[26]
- Category for people who died here: Q55844100[27]
- Native label: Gökçeada[28]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Imbros[29]
- Length: 29.5 km[30]
- Elevation above sea level: 672 m[31]
- Area: 279 km²[32]
- Width: 13 km[33]
- Coextensive with: Gökçeada district[34]
- Urban population: 6074[35], 7254[36], 6801[37], 5497[38], 4971[39], 4885[40], 5937[41], 5943[42], 6454[43], 6229[44], 6517[45], 6354[46], 2467[47], 7205[48]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Imbros include Metropolis of Moschonisia[49], an Eastern Orthodox eparchy[50], in Turkey[51].
Why It Matters
Imbros has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Imbros is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Imbros include Metropolis of Moschonisia[49], an Eastern Orthodox eparchy[50], in Turkey[51].